VIRGIN ATLANTIC has confirmed plans to launch direct services from Gatwick to Cuba and the Bahamas as well as increasing its existing schedules to Las Vegas, Grenada and Tobago from July 2005. The new flights will operate twice a week to Havana in Cuba, starting from 21 July, and once a week to Nassau in the Bahamas, starting from 18 July. This will bring the airline”s total number of destinations to 25 by summer next year. An additional service to Grenada and Tobago will double the airline”s services to two per week to the islands following the launch of services May 2003. The services will form part of a 20% increase in capacity to the Caribbean routes and will be operated by Boeing 747-400 aircraft. Virgin Atlantic will also be increasing its services to North America by adding another service per week between Gatwick and Las Vegas bringing the number of weekly flights up to five.
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